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50 Space-Race Highs and Lows
TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger examines the high and low points of space exploration in the years before and since Yuri Gagarin went into orbit
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Apollo 8’s Historic Flight
Forty years ago, three American astronauts became the first to travel to the far side of the moon
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The Astronauts: Life After the Moon
A gallery of some of the men who journeyed into space — and what they have done since returning to Earth
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The Rise of the Spacewoman: 10 Women Who Conquered the Final Frontier
Riding rocket ships was once an all-boys’ game. Valentina Tereshkova changed that for the Russians and Sally Ride changed it for the U.S. With the passing of Ride, here’s a look at some of those who...
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Window on Infinity: Pictures From Space
Stunning images of the sun, Earth and far-away locales in our roundup of cosmic views from July 2012.
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Remembering Neil Armstrong, a Man of Profound Skill and Preternatural Calm
I once watched Neil Armstrong sign his name, and it appeared to be one of the hardest things he’d ever done. Not because he was infirm — though in 2010 he was clearly looking frail — and not because...
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Don’t Sneeze in Space: When Astronauts Get Sick
Few people had a worse time in space than the crew of Apollo VII. It wasn’t just the 11 days they spent in orbit in 1968 test-driving the new — and decidedly cramped — Apollo command module. That’s...
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Setting of the Moon: Apollo 17, Forty Years Later
Ron Evans fell sound asleep in the command module of Apollo 17 when he and his crewmates were waiting to take off. It wasn’t easy to doze off in an Apollo spacecraft, least of all when you’re flat on...
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Last Man On the Moon: A Talk With Gene Cernan
Forty years ago today, Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, climbed back up the ladder of his lunar module and took off from the moon’s Taurus-Littrow valley — thus ending America’s lunar program....
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A Room With a View: Scenes From the International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) may be the greatest machine you never gave a thought to. It’s 354 ft. (108 m) long, 240 ft (73 m) wide and with its vast array of solar panels would almost...
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NASA’s Proposed Asteroid Capture Mission Animation
The best two things you can say about this video NASA just posted of its proposed asteroid capture mission is that it’s insanely cool to watch and it will cost you only 4 minutes and 42 seconds of...
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Twins in Space: An Unlikely Cosmic Experiment
No one ever pretended outer space is a hospitable place. There’s the hard vacuum, the lethal cold and the ever-present risk of even a small meteor hit. And then there’s the way the human body seems to...
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Running in Space!
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station must exercise for a minimum of two hours every day. This is to prevent any loss of muscle mass and bone density while living in a weightless...
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter Is Dead at 88
Scott Carpenter, one of two remaining astronauts from NASA’s Mercury program and the second American to orbit the earth, died Wednesday at the age of 88. His family did not specify a cause of death,...
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter Dies: An Appreciation of a Life
I liked Scott Carpenter—deeply admired him—even if Chris Kraft didn’t. Kraft was the Mercury program Flight Director and a titanic figure in NASA‘s early history. He was also running the show in...
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Earthrise on Christmas Eve: The Picture That Changed the World
If you had your druthers during Christmas week 1968, you’d have wanted to get as far away from Earth as possible. The entire planet was a mess—southeast Asia was in flames, Czechoslovakia was living...
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WATCH: Astronauts Install Cameras Outside Space Station
Russian astronauts are embarking on their third spacewalk this week to install two cameras outside the International Space Station. Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy began their seven-hour Extra...
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